1979 Governor General’s Literary Award – Fiction Winner
![The Resurrection of Joseph Bourne](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580966081-2502-image-3.jpg)
The Resurrection of Joseph Bourne
Jack Hodgins
When an unknown woman steps off a beached Peruvian freighter and walks into the Vancouver Island town of Port Annie, nothing can ever be quite the same. Stalwart citizens, tired of their milltown routine, grasp at a fresh subject for gossip. Others are sud…
1979 Governor General’s Literary Award – Fiction Shortlist
![Life Before Man](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1581045322-7313-image-3.jpg)
Life Before Man
Margaret Atwood
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